Le piège afghan
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A doctor on a French military base in Afghanistan, Nadia, in her thirties, works for the coalition of major Western powers. When she is sent on a mission to a village in a strategic location, her convoy falls into an ambush. Nadia and a soldier of Tajik origin are captured by a group of Taliban led by Abdullah, a Pakistani. The soldier is beheaded, while Nadia is miraculously released thanks to the intervention of a Pashtun leader, Hassan Walli, whom she had met ten years earlier in Paris. Using this friendship, Colonel Leroy of the DGSE asks the young woman to get closer to Hassan, who is seen as a moderate opposed to Al-Qaeda…
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Marie-Josée Croze
Nadia Meyer
Known for
Into the Night
Tell No One
David Kammenos
Hassan Wali
Known for
Supersex
Transporter 3
Sonia Mankaï
Tamana
Also in
The English Patient
A Summer in La Goulette
Samuel Le Bihan
Colonel Saint Sauveur
Known for
Brotherhood of the Wolf
Frontier(s)
Christian Charmetant
Colonel Leroy
Known for
Do Not Disturb
The Widow of Saint-Pierre
Gurshad Shaheman
Hamid
Also in
Bougre
Clément Brun
Tony
Also in
No Limit
They Were Ten
Miguel Courtois Director · Didier Lacoste Writer Pauline Rocafull Writer
First release November 25, 2011 · Produced in France · Production ARTE France Cinéma, France Télévisions
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French
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France · November 25, 2011
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